There are a number of people who have approached me asking about their
ability to qualify as a farm for property tax purposes with the addition of
some number of hives of bees.  

Let's just say that for those in NJ, or willing to have outyards in NJ,
finding a beeyard for a few dozen hives at no cost at all should be easy, as
the landowner can "pay himself" the required income, as the savings would be
very large, and the concept of "bee forage" is very fluid, given that bees
can make a fine living from both weeds and trees.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/new-jersey-s-fake-farms-tar
get-of-new-tax-break/article_dd716792-123d-11e3-9bac-0019bb2963f4.html
http://tinyurl.com/p3f543d

"Runyan's 20-acre farm was assessed at just $2,900 on which he paid $131 in
property taxes this year (2013), according to the Mount Laurel Tax Office.
By comparison, his home was assessed at $1.4 million and he paid more than
$65,683 in property taxes."

"Lawmakers this year made it slightly harder for small farmers to win a
reduced assessment by doubling the annual earnings a dedicated farmland must
yield from $500 to $1,000."  

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